Display apparatus

Abstract

A display apparatus may include: a display panel configured to display an image, a supporting member configured to support the display panel, a coupling member in the supporting member, and at least one sound-generating device coupled to the display panel by the coupling member, the at least one sound-generating device being configured to vibrate the display panel to generate sound.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. A display apparatus, comprising:
 a display panel configured to display an image; 
 a supporting member configured to support the display panel; 
 a peripheral adhesive member disposed in a periphery of each of the display panel and the supporting member, the peripheral adhesive member being disposed entirely between and attached to a rear surface of the display panel and an upper surface of the supporting member, the rear surface of the display panel facing the upper surface of the supporting member; 
 a partition between the rear surface of the display panel and the upper surface of the supporting member; 
 a coupling member on the upper surface of the supporting member; and 
 at least one sound-generating device coupled to the rear surface of the display panel by another adhesive member and to the upper surface of the supporting member by the coupling member, the at least one sound-generating device being configured to directly vibrate the display panel to generate sound, 
 wherein the partition and the at least one sound-generating device have a substantially same thickness as the peripheral adhesive member, 
 wherein the at least one sound-generating device is disposed entirely between the rear surface of the display panel and the upper surface of the supporting member, and 
 wherein the peripheral adhesive member constitutes a portion of an outer side surface of the display apparatus. 
 
     
     
       2. The display apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the at least one sound-generating device comprises:
 a plate; 
 a magnet on the plate; 
 a center pole on the plate; 
 a bobbin around the center pole; 
 a frame outside the plate; and 
 a damper between the frame and the bobbin. 
 
     
     
       3. The display apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein the coupling member is on an extension part of the plate. 
     
     
       4. The display apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein the damper is a line configured through which to apply a sound signal to the at least one sound-generating device. 
     
     
       5. The display apparatus of  claim 4 , wherein the line is between a rear surface of the display panel and the supporting member. 
     
     
       6. The display apparatus of  claim 2 , further comprising an encapsulation substrate on a rear surface of the display panel, a polarity of a magnetic force of the encapsulation substrate being opposite to a polarity of a magnetic force of the magnet. 
     
     
       7. The display apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein the encapsulation substrate is configured to generate a repulsive magnetic force with respect to the magnet to maintain a distance to the magnet. 
     
     
       8. The display apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising a heat dissipation member between the display panel and the at least one sound-generating device. 
     
     
       9. The display apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising a pad between the at least one sound-generating device and the supporting member. 
     
     
       10. The display apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 an encapsulation substrate on a rear surface of the display panel; and 
 a shielding sheet on a rear surface of the encapsulation substrate. 
 
     
     
       11. The display apparatus of  claim 10 , wherein the shielding sheet is configured to decrease a degree to which a magnetic force generated by the at least one sound-generating device is transferred to the encapsulation substrate. 
     
     
       12. The display apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein a rear surface of the supporting member facing away from the display panel does not include a hole through which the at least one sound-generating device is exposed or is connected to the supporting member. 
     
     
       13. A display apparatus, comprising:
 a display panel configured to display an image and comprising: 
 a first region; 
 a second region; and 
 a third region; 
 a supporting member configured to support the display panel; 
 a peripheral adhesive member disposed in a periphery of each of the display panel and the supporting member, the peripheral adhesive member being disposed entirely between and attached to a rear surface of the display panel and an upper surface of the supporting member, the rear surface of the display panel facing the upper surface of the supporting member; 
 a coupling member on the upper surface of the supporting member; 
 at least one sound-generating device configured to directly vibrate the display panel to generate sound by attaching to the rear surface of the display panel with another adhesive member, and coupled to the upper surface of the supporting member by the coupling member, the at least one sound-generating device being in at least one of: the first region, the second region, and the third region; and 
 a first partition between the rear surface of the display panel and the upper surface of the supporting member, 
 wherein the first partition has a substantially same thickness as the peripheral adhesive member, 
 wherein the at least one sound-generating device is disposed entirely between the rear surface of the display panel and the upper surface of the supporting member facing the display panel, 
 wherein the at least one sound-generating device has a substantially same thickness as the peripheral adhesive member, and 
 wherein the peripheral adhesive member constitutes a portion of an outer side surface of the display apparatus. 
 
     
     
       14. The display apparatus of  claim 13 , wherein the first partition comprises at least one pad part disposed to face the at least one sound-generating device. 
     
     
       15. The display apparatus of  claim 13 , wherein the at least one sound-generating device comprises one or more of: a pair of sound-generating devices, an elliptical sound-generating device, a circular sound-generating device, a single type sound-generating device, and a two or more device array sound-generating device. 
     
     
       16. The display apparatus of  claim 13 , further comprising:
 a second partition between the first region and the third region; and 
 a third partition between the second region and the third region. 
 
     
     
       17. The display apparatus of  claim 13 , wherein a first and a second of the at least one sound-generating device is respectively in each of the first region and the second region. 
     
     
       18. The display apparatus of  claim 17 , wherein:
 the first partition comprises a first side and a second side vertical to the first side, and 
 at least one pad part is disposed on at least one of the first side and the second side of the first partition. 
 
     
     
       19. The display apparatus of  claim 18 , wherein a first and a second of the at least one pad part is respectively disposed in each of the first region and the second region to respectively face the first and the second of the at least one sound-generating device. 
     
     
       20. The display apparatus of  claim 17 , wherein the first and the second of the at least one sound-generating device is configured to vibrate the display panel to respectively output middle- or high-pitched sound. 
     
     
       21. The display apparatus of  claim 13 , wherein a first, a second, and a third of the at least one sound-generating device is respectively in each of the first region, the second region, and the third region. 
     
     
       22. The display apparatus of  claim 21 , wherein the first region, the second region, and the third region have a same area. 
     
     
       23. The display apparatus of  claim 21 , further comprising at least one pad part on at least one side of the first partition, a first and a second of the at least one pad part being respectively disposed in each of the first region and the second region to face the at least one sound-generating device. 
     
     
       24. The display apparatus of  claim 21 , further comprising:
 a second partition between the first region and the third region; 
 a third partition between the second region and the third region; 
 at least one pad part on at least one side of the first partition, respectively, in each of the first region and the second region; and 
 at least one member, respectively, on at least one side of each of the first partition, the second partition, and the third partition in the third region. 
 
     
     
       25. The display apparatus of  claim 24 , wherein the first partition, the second partition, and the third partition comprise a same material. 
     
     
       26. The display apparatus of  claim 24 , wherein:
 each of the first partition, the second partition, and the third partition comprises a material differing from a material of the at least one pad part and a material of the at least one member; and 
 the at least one pad part and the at least one member comprise a same material. 
 
     
     
       27. The display apparatus of  claim 21 , wherein:
 each of the first and the second of the at least one sound-generating device is configured to vibrate the display panel to respectively output a middle- or high-pitched sound; and 
 the third of the at least one sound-generating device is configured to vibrate the display panel to output a middle- or low-pitched sound. 
 
     
     
       28. The display apparatus of  claim 21 , wherein the first, the second, and the third of the at least one sound-generating device are disposed on a same line. 
     
     
       29. The display apparatus of  claim 13 , wherein:
 the first region comprises a 1-1 st  region and a 1-2 nd  region; and 
 the second region comprises a 2-1 st  region and a 2-2 nd  region. 
 
     
     
       30. The display apparatus of  claim 29 , further comprising:
 a second partition between the first region and the third region; 
 a third partition between the second region and the third region; 
 at least one pad part respectively on at least one side of each of the first partition and the second partition in the 1-2 nd  region; and 
 at least one other pad part respectively on at least one side of each of the first partition and the third partition in the 2-2 nd  region. 
 
     
     
       31. The display apparatus of  claim 29 , wherein:
 each of a sound-generating device in the 1-1 st  region and a sound-generating device in the 1-2 nd  region has a same structure; and 
 each of a sound-generating device in the 2-1 st  region and a sound-generating device in the 2-2 nd  region has a same structure. 
 
     
     
       32. The display apparatus of  claim 29 , wherein:
 each of a sound-generating device in the 1-1 st  region and a sound-generating device in the 2-1 st  region is configured to vibrate the display panel to output a middle-pitched sound; 
 each of a sound-generating device in the 1-2 nd  region and a sound-generating device in the 2-2 nd  region is configured to vibrate the display panel to output a high-pitched sound; and 
 a sound-generating device in the third region is configured to vibrate the display panel to output a middle- or low-pitched sound. 
 
     
     
       33. The display apparatus of  claim 29 , further comprising:
 a fourth partition between the 1-1 st  region and the 1-2 nd  region; and 
 a fifth partition between the 2-1 st  region and the 2-2 nd  region. 
 
     
     
       34. The display apparatus of  claim 33 , wherein the fourth partition and the fifth partition comprise a same material as a material of the first partition. 
     
     
       35. The display apparatus of  claim 33 , further comprising at least one pad part respectively on at least one side of each of the fourth partition and the fifth partition. 
     
     
       36. The display apparatus of  claim 13 , wherein a rear surface of the supporting member facing away from the display panel does not include a hole through which the at least one sound-generating device is exposed or is connected to the supporting member.